Moran Award

U.S. SENATOR JERRY MORAN (R-KAN.) THIS WEEK RECEIVED THE 2012 CONGRESSIONAL CANCER CHAMPION AWARD FROM ONE VOICE AGAINST CANCER (OVAC), TO RECOGNIZE HIS LEADERSHIP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER AND STRONG SUPPORT FOR CANCER RESEARCH. GIVEN THE VAST AMOUNT OF PROGRESS MADE OVER THE LAST CENTURY AND THE GREAT POTENTIAL CURRENT CANCER RESEARCH HOLDS, NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO WAIVER ON AMERICA’S COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING FURTHER TREATMENTS AND HOPEFULLY ONE DAY, A CURE,” SEN. MORAN SAID. “OUR CONSISTENT, SUSTAINED SUPPORT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH IS ESSENTIAL TO SAVING AND IMPROVING LIVES, GROWING OUR ECONOMY, AND MAINTAINING AMERICA’S ROLE AS A GLOBAL LEADER IN MEDICAL INNOVATION. THIS COMMITMENT WILL BENEFIT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COUNTRY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME – OFFERING HOPE TO MILLIONS OF PATIENTS.” THE CONGRESSIONAL CANCER CHAMPION AWARD IS AN HONOR BESTOWED BY OVAC ON FEDERAL LAWMAKERS WHO UNDERTAKE EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS TO ENACT LEGISLATION THAT ADVANCES THE NATION’S FIGHT AGAINST CANCER. ONE VOICE AGAINST CANCER (OVAC) IS A COALITION OF HEALTH CARE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS REPRESENTING MILLIONS OF CANCER RESEARCHERS, PATIENTS, SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION.